UConn Health Seeking Recovered COVID-19 Patients for Plasma Donations

Published April 30, 2020•Updated on April 30, 2020 at 3:32 pm

UConn Health is asking people who have fully recovered from COVID-19 to donate plasma that might be able to help current patients who are suffering from a life-threatening coronavirus infection.

This plasma, called “convalescent plasma,” is being evaluated as a treatment for very ill patients with COVID-19, according to UConn Health.

UConn Health said it previously launched a program that uses convalescent plasma from employees who have recovered from COVID-19 to administer to patients suffering from the illness in hopes of helping them fight the disease.